Logging-car.



MAGOR.

LOGGING CAR.

APPLlcAnoN man APR.6. |912. RENEwEn1uNE1. 1915.

Patented J an. 4, 1916.

w/mfssfs CIK Basin Mason, or YNnwro'mi, N. Y., AssIGNoR 'roiviAGoR .CARCOMPANY,

or NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION NEW JERSEY.

I LOGGINc-LCAR.

- Application led April 6, 1912,-vSeria1No. 688,857. Renewed `.Tune 1,1915. Serial No. 31,637. f

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, BAsIL MAGOR, a subj ect'of the King of GreatBritain, andl a resident of the borough of'Manhattan of the city of NewYork, in th'e'county and tate of NewrYork, have invented an Improvementin LoggingCars, of whichthe following description, in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on thedrawings representing like parts.

The inventionl relatesmore particularly to improvements in multiple-bunklogging' cars, the object being to unite the bunks and their connectingor reachl members into a simple and eflicient frame construction.

In the drawings where a logging car is shown embodying the invention,Figure l is a plan view of the car, Fig. 2 is a trans.

verse sectional view of theframe, withone of the trucks indicated bydotted lines,v the the drawing Vbelongs to that type of logging carwhere the loading is done by employing va loading car which, travelsupon a track pro'- vided upon the logging cars, whereby one logging carmay be loaded from the adjacent logging car. The track referred to maybe seen at a in the accompanying drawings, and extends the full lengthof the car. The

frame of the car has three reach members,l one of which is thecenter-sill b, preferably an I-beam, which terminates at pointsinterfmediate the ends and which is continued to the ends by draft-sillsc. The other two reach members are the side-sillsd, preferv ablyI-beams, which, with the end-sills e,

form a rectangular frame. Y

.The draft-channels c, at either en d, are securely fastened, one 'oneach side, to the center-sill which they overlap, `(Fig. 2).` Y byintermediate pieces f; and across the' intersection of these parts, theend or main bunks of the car are passed vby laying a pair ofbunk-forming plates g, L, oneY above and the other below,transverselyacross the f' three reaches and providing binding plates orbraces z' on the sides of the bunks'toaround the reaches.

Patented Jan; 4,1916. z l

lunite the top'and bottomv plates together ,".rThe top platev l1, of thebunks is preferably A V a straight channel-iron laid with its channelinverted ig. 4L), and thebottom: plate is also preferably ,2l Channel,curved, if desired, to pass underneath, thecenter-sill andotherwisestrengthen the'bunk as a whole. A :short strip 7c may be laidalong the bearing surface'of the bunk to preventthe logs from slippinglongitudinally when in transit; and

suitable stakes, denoted --infthe preseiit` instance by Z, maybeprovidedas usual, at

versely embracing the center-sill and 4side' reaches to which they aresecured .(Fig. 3). The intermediate bunks are also preferably providedwith strips and stanchions Z to assist inA keeping lthe logs in placeduringV transit. It will be understood, of course,

vthat the mechanism for controlling the stanchions, as well as otherdetail mechanism, is omitted from the present drawingsy as not necessaryto an understandingof the present invention.

The presentV construction, with the sidev reaches passing, as they do,through the bunks, has the advantage that the so-called bunks are bothtransverse braces for the frame and log-supporting means. VIn addition,if desired, therefmay be provided a num; ber of relatively lighttransverse and diagonal braces By providing ra pair oftimber beams n,along the inner sidesof vthe sidev ,reaches d, a floor 0 may be laidover as much A 9.5

of the car as is desired 'by depositing plankside of Fig. l). c 4 Iclaim asfmy invention:

l'. The combination to form a logging car, of a Vframe including a pairof'side. sills, a

plurality offbunks each having a top mem-v ber and a b'ottoinmember laidacross the tops and bottomsfrespectively vof the side' sills so as toembracethe same and eXtendf y Y v -ing p upon the said beams '/z, (seeright hand sills, and means provided at eaoh end of the center and sidesills and united to the frame, Y

the said top and bottom plates extending substantially beyond the sidesills kon each side, and the top plates providing asupport above thelevel of the frame to receive logs, side plates to unitetheextending endportions of the top and bottom plates of the bunks, and stanehionspivoted at -tliese end portions toretainthe logs.

3. The combination to form a logging oar, of a frame including` a pairorn side sills, a plurality of bunks each having a top mem- Cropesofthis patent may be obtained for ber and a bottom member laid across theps and bottoms respectively of the side sills so as to embrace the sameand eXtend- 'ingV beyond the side sills, the said top members providingasupport above the level of the frame to receive logs, a pair oi railssupported on the frame directly above the respective side sills, meansto unite the top and bottom members of the bunks both Within and beyondthe side sills, and stanchions at the ends-0f the bunks to retain thelogs.

In testimony Whereoil have signed my naine to this speciication, in thepresence of tvvo subscribing Witnesses.

BAsiL Mariola.

'Vitnesses JOHN l/V. THOMPSON, ALEXANDER S. GROSS.

ve'cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C.

